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DAYAN SKEPTICAL OF CANAL OPENING; He Says Egypt Would Block Any Such Move by Soviet

By JAMES FERONSpecial to The New York Times ();

November 05, 1968,

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TEL AVIV, Nov. 4 -- Defense Minister Moshe Dayan today dismissed the possibility of a Soviet attempt to open the Suez Canal by saying that Egypt would veto such a move as long as Israel held the east bank.

November 05, 1968

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